Okdongsik

🧭How it works here

⏱️Waiting

Join the CatchTable waiting list, which also works remotely, then wait at a nearby cafe until you are called. Waits of an hour or more are common, even on weekdays; more than ten groups are often already waiting at opening time.· 5 reviews

📋What to order

• Dwaeji-gomtang (clear pork soup)돼지곰탕

  The only main dish: thin slices of pork in a clear, mild broth over rice. Comes in regular and large (teuk).

• Kimchi dumplings김치만두

  Ordered by the piece to go with the soup.

🥢How to eat it

1. 1The rice is already in the bowl, warmed by pouring hot broth over it again and again (toryeom). Taste the broth before adding anything.· 2 reviews

💡Insider tips

• ●The soup is deliberately subtle, nothing like a rich, cloudy pork gukbap. Some diners love that and some find it too plain.· 3 reviews
• ●The shop sits among homes, and signs ask you not to wait on the neighbors' stairs. Once you are on the list, wait at a cafe nearby.· 3 reviews
• ●Takeaway is available if you would rather skip the seats.· 2 reviews

🏅Why it's famous

• Michelin GuideA Michelin Bib Gourmand pick.· 3 reviews
• On TVThe chef appeared on Netflix's Culinary Class Wars season 2, and the lines grew even longer after the show.· 3 reviews

📌Good to know

• –Weekdays 11:00 to 22:00 with a break from 15:00 to 17:00; weekends 11:00 to 21:00.· 2 reviews
• –A small room with bar seating, in a lane between Hapjeong and Hongik University stations. Hapjeong Station (Lines 2 and 6) is closest.· 3 reviews